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Head Start provides comprehensive services for young children and their families to achieve school readiness and lifelong success. Head Start enhances the social and cognitive development of low-income children through the provision of education, health, nutrition, social and other services for children and their families. We are proud to serve children and families in Yellowstone and Carbon counties from our locations in Billings and Lockwood!
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    Amy

    Being part of Head Start’s Policy Council and parent committee gave me the confidence to be part of my child’s PTA. It taught me that I had a say and I have a voice!

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    Board of Directors

    Our Board of Directors is a dynamic team of community members who volunteer their time and expertise to develop quality early childhood education in our community. According to the Head Start Program Performance Standards, our Board must always include the following members:

    • an experienced accountant or financial manager
    • a specialist in early childhood education and/or development
    • an attorney familiar with issues that impact the people we serve
    • members who have children currently or formerly enrolled in our program
    • members with expertise in education, business administration, or community affairs

    Our Board of Directors meets monthly to discuss issues pertinent to the program and actively participates in strategic planning for the entire agency.

    Board Members

    Dylan Meccage

    Board Position: 
    Chair

    Daniel Brooks

    Board Position: 
    Past Chair

    Kody Johnson

    Board Position: 
    Vice Chair
    Occupation/Employer: 
    Architect, EEC Inc.

    Jordan Hennessy

    Board Position: 
    Treasurer

    Genia Castro Waller

    Sarah Moyer

    Occupation/Employer:  
    Volunteer & Engagement Coordinator, Lutheran Family Services

    Sofia Anderson

    Occupation/Employer: 
    Teacher, Billings Public Schools

    Craig Botnen

    Josefa Wolf

    Board Position: 
    Policy Council Vice Chair

    Policy Council

    Our Policy Council holds equal power to the Board of Directors, and it’s made up of elected parent representatives from each classroom. The primary purpose of the Policy Council is to assist in making important decisions regarding policies, hiring and termination of employees, curriculum, and budget decisions. Policy Council members are both the voice of the classroom parents at the monthly Policy Council Meeting and the voice of Policy Council when reporting back to their Parent Committees. Policy Council members have a broader involvement in the education of all Head Start children. Members play a role in building relationships between Head Start and the community in which we all live.

    Policy Council Members

    Crystal Matthews

    Center: 
    North Park Rep

    Kelly Massey

    Center: 
    North Park Rep

    Tawnie Tracy

    Center: 
    North Park Rep

    Terra Price

    Center: 
    North Park Rep

    Zachary Watts

    Center: 
    Aware Rep

    Sienna Elser

    Center: 
    Aware Rep

    Megan Rinnert

    Center: 
    Aware Rep

    Josefa Wolf

    Center: 
    Lockwood Rep

    James Murphy

    Center: 
    Lockwood Rep

    Brittney Henderson, HRDC

    Center: 
    Community Rep

    Heather Krueger, Young Families

    Center: 
    Community Rep

    Kristen Bonner

    Board Position: 
    Board Liaison

    Management

    Our Management diligently oversees all operations of Head Start related to the children and families we serve in our community.

    Janice King

    Department:  
    Executive Director

    Brittany Dimitryev

    Department:  
    Human Resources

    Megan Martin

    Department:  
    Child & Family Services

    Tamara Mitchell

    Department:  
    Finance

    Christopher Belcher

    Department:  
    Operations
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